Little River (Casco Bay)

Little River is a 4.1-mile-long (6.6 km)[1] tributary of Casco Bay in Maine, United States.

Little River
The Little River at high tide
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBrunswick, Maine, U.S.
Mouth 
 • location
Casco Bay, Freeport, Maine, U.S.
Length4.1-mile-long (6.6 km)

The river's source is around 0.4 miles (0.64 km) west of Highland Road in Brunswick. It flows southwest, passing beneath Newfield Road, Flying Point Road and, at its mouth, Burnett Road in Freeport.

Just northeast of its mouth at Casco Bay, a 60-foot-long (18 m), single-track steel stringer bridge carries Burnett Road over the river. It was built in 2009 and, as of 2016, an average of 300 vehicles cross it daily.[2]

The shores of Little River are believed to have been seasonal fishing settlements historically.[3]

Mouth

Its mouth is located between Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment and Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park in Freeport.

  • The looking out toward the mouth of the river at Casco Bay
    The looking out toward the mouth of the river at Casco Bay
  • The Burnett Road bridge
    The Burnett Road bridge

See also

References
Specific
  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 30, 2011
  2. "Little River Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  3. "History". Wolfe's Neck. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
General

43.82814°N 70.07672°W / 43.82814; -70.07672

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